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Declaration and Authority

Your application cannot be considered unless you or the person you have authorised to act on your behalf accept all the conditions set out below.

On behalf of the University of Newcastle, UAC collects information about you, including information you provide in this application, to assist in the assessment of your application. This information may be used as described below.

  1. I declare that I have read and understand the questions and that all the information submitted is true and complete.
  2. I authorise UAC and the University of Newcastle to obtain available official records from any educational institution attended by me. I understand that UAC and the University of Newcastle are not responsible if any institution does not provide these records.
  3. I understand that UAC and the University of Newcastle may check my visa and residency status using Visa Entitlement Verification Online (VEVO), and I authorise UAC and the University of Newcastle to do so.
  4. I authorise UAC and the University of Newcastle to verify any information provided by me.
  5. I authorise UAC to collect, receive, store, transfer, and use any information provided by me, or any information obtained in connection with this application, and to disclose such information to the University of Newcastle, Universities Australia, Universities Australia member institutions, the members of the Australasian Conference of Tertiary Admissions Centres (ACTAC), the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Authority (TEQSA), the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA), state and territory governments and any other authority or tertiary educational institution either in Australia or overseas, where UAC reasonably considers it is necessary to make such disclosure.
  6. I understand that UAC or the University of Newcastle may disclose the personal information I have provided in this application to the Department of Education, Skills and Employment, or its successor, for the purpose of:
    1. use in connection with the Tertiary Collection of Student Information (TCSI) and/or
    2. use in connection with the National Data Collection on University Applications and Offers and/or
    3. other collections as the Department of Education, or its successor, may lawfully require from time to time.
  7. I understand that UAC and the University of Newcastle have the right to vary or cancel an application or enrolment based on what UAC or the University of Newcastle determines to be untrue or incomplete information from any source.
  8. I understand that UAC, on behalf of the University of Newcastle, makes offers based on the information provided by me and on advice received from UAC. If the University of Newcastle subsequently finds that the information or advice was incorrect, it may withdraw the offer.
  9. I understand that information and documents provided with and/or obtained in connection with this application may be used by UAC or the University of Newcastle for training and research purposes and that I must notify UAC in writing within seven days of applying if I do not wish this information to be used.
  10. I understand that enrolment at the University of Newcastle is conditional upon accepting the policies, terms and conditions of the University of Newcastle, including those pertaining to academic integrity.
  11. I authorise the University of Newcastle to provide all my results from future studies to UAC or a person nominated by UAC. I authorise UAC or the nominated person to collect, receive, store, transfer and use all such information and all information in or connected with this application for research purposes and other Newcastle University offers. I give this authority on condition that all information provided for research purposes pursuant to them is deidentified by UAC or the nominated person.
  12. I understand that UAC will release details of my program preferences and offers to my school/college and that I must notify UAC in writing within seven days of applying if I do not wish these details to be released to my school/college.
  13. I declare that I have read and understand the 'Policy statement on untrue or incomplete information submitted by applicants' [see below].
  14. I declare that I have read and understand the section 'Collection of personal information' [see below].

Policy statement on untrue or incomplete information submitted by applicants

UAC will review, and take action against, anyone who submits an application that contains information that UAC or the University of Newcastle determines to be untrue or incomplete. That application may also be cancelled.
UAC will also investigate, and may take action against, an applicant who, by any other means has or could have achieved an advantage over other applicants.
Examples of conduct by an applicant which will be investigated by UAC include, but are not limited to:

  • submitting an incomplete or falsified academic transcript
  • failing to declare previous study at secondary, post-secondary or tertiary level
  • submitting an incorrect or otherwise misleading statement of employment experience
  • claiming special consideration of educational disadvantage based on incorrect information
  • having some other person complete a selection task on the applicant's behalf such as an interview, audition or a portfolio of work and/or
  • claiming membership of a special selection group when not a member of that group.

The procedures for processing applications suspected of being in some way incomplete or untrue have been approved by the NSW Vice-Chancellors' Committee.

These procedures accept the right of applicants to be treated fairly and without prejudice, and in accordance with the principles of natural justice.

Collection of personal information

UAC collects personal information for the purpose of processing your application to the University of Newcastle. UAC provides your personal information to the University of Newcastle, and they may contact you in relation to your application.

While your personal information is generally collected from you, UAC also collects information about you from other educational institutions that you have attended.

If you do not provide personal information where required in your application, UAC will not be able to process your application on behalf of the University of Newcastle.

You can gain access to any personal information that is held about you by UAC. To obtain access, or if you have any questions, you should write to: The Managing Director, UAC, Locked Bag 112, Silverwater NSW 2128.

UAC also collects information about how you use the online applications we provide on behalf of the University of Newcastle.

For more information, read UAC's Privacy Policy and the University of Newcastle’s Privacy Policy.